v41_0768 - PHILIPPUS Antoninien
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 441.00 €
Number of bids : 9
Maximum bid : 627.00 €
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 441.00 €
Number of bids : 9
Maximum bid : 627.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 249
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,21 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, extrêmement large parfaitement centré des deux côtés, les grènetis complets. Très beau portrait inhabituel. Joli revers exceptionnel. Patine de collection avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus”, (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P VI COS P P.
Reverse description : Lion radié passant à droite.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate sextum Consul Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la sixième puissance tribunitienne consul père de la patrie).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum. Trace de cassure de coin perceptible au revers dans la légende. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Dans MONNAIES 34, n° 691, nous avions proposé un exemplaire similaire pour Philippe II Auguste qui s’est vendu 287€ sur une offre maximum à 612€ avec huit offres sur une estimation à 195/300€. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Pteryges barely visible under the paludamentum. Trace of die breakage visible on the reverse in the legend. This type seems much rarer than general works suggest. In MONNAIES 34, no. 691, we offered a similar example for Philip II Augustus which sold for €287 on a maximum bid of €612 with eight bids on an estimate of €195/300. This is the first time we have offered this type for sale.
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Pteryges barely visible under the paludamentum. Trace of die breakage visible on the reverse in the legend. This type seems much rarer than general works suggest. In MONNAIES 34, no. 691, we offered a similar example for Philip II Augustus which sold for €287 on a maximum bid of €612 with eight bids on an estimate of €195/300. This is the first time we have offered this type for sale.
Historical background
PHILIPPUS
(03/244-09/249)
Philippe was born in Bostra in Trachonitis, a province of Arabia, hence the nickname of the Emperor. He was appointed Prefect of the Praetorium after the disappearance of Timésithée, father-in-law of Gordian III, in 243. Philip had Gordian assassinated or allowed to be assassinated at the beginning of 244, then hastened to conclude an infamous peace with the Sassanids. He pays them a tribute of 500,000 denarii. He named his son Philip Caesar in 244 and his wife Otacilia Sévéra augusta. In 247, Philip raises his son to august. He led a brilliant campaign against the Quades and the Carpes who had invaded Dacia. The great event of the reign of Philip is the commemoration of the millennium of Rome which begins on April 21, 247. Several usurpers, including Jotapien and Pacatian, proclaim themselves august at the end of the reign. Philippe instructs Decius, commander of the legions of Pannonia, to restore order on the Danube. The troops, against his will, proclaim Decius august in June or July 249. Philip dies fighting the troops of Decius in September 249.
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